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Move over Brighton! Prices have gone through the roof in some hotspots

After years of big house price rises, some locations are now borderline unaffordable.  But fear not, there’s a glut of new locations close to old favouri... read more

Two in five supermarket electric car chargers found not to be working

A new study looking into the reliability of the network of electric car charging devices at supermarkets found that 43% are not working. Half of Morrisons charg... read more

Ovo trial lets customers power homes with an electric car – but will it cut energy bills?

Ovo says electric vehicle owners can save hundreds on bills by powering their home with their CAR… but it could take years for most to see the benefits Ov... read more

Sub-4% mortgage rates: Will it happen this year?

This week, the Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey told MPs that fixed mortgage rates had come down from the highs seen in October in the wake of the mini-Bu... read more

JP Morgan boss paid £28m as profits slump

JP Morgan boss paid £28m as profits slump: Jamie Dimon landed hefty bonus for his performance in 2022 on top of his £1.2m base salary By Calum Muirhead For Th... read more

De La Rue faces Indian corruption investigation

De La Rue embroiled in corruption probe in India involving country’s former finance secretary By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 23:11 G... read more

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to hand British Steel a £300m lifeline

After Chinese threat to close UK blast furnace, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to hand British Steel a £300m lifeline Government set to pay support package in instalme... read more

ALEX BRUMMER: Lessons from Bank of Dave Fishwick

Lessons from Bank of Dave: Chasm between established banks, citizens and entrepreneurs illustrated by Netflix movie, says ALEX BRUMMER By Alex Brummer for the D... read more

Tech jobs bloodbath rockets to 200,000

Total number of tech layoffs reaches over 200,000 in past year as Google adds to Silicon Valley bloodbath By Leah Montebello For The Daily Mail Published: 21:56... read more

Can Big Tech make a FAANG-tastic recovery?

How are the mighty fallen! There has been calamitous descents in the shares of what were known, in their glory days, as the FAANG companies.  This is the group... read more

What is short selling? Investing Explained

INVESTING EXPLAINED: What you need to know about short selling – a trading strategy that aims to benefit from the fall in the price of a share By Daily Ma... read more

SHARE OF THE THE WEEK: Investors await Tesla’s fourth-quarter results

SHARE OF THE THE WEEK: Investors await Tesla’s fourth-quarter results after rough year with economy and Twitter acquisition leaving Elon Musk reeling By D... read more

RAY MASSEY: Kia goes for broke! New EV9 has price tag of £70,000

Would you pay up to £70,000 for a Kia? That’s around £10,000 a seat for the forthcoming all-electric, seven-seater Kia EV9 crossover, seen here as a nea... read more

Royal Mail investors to meet union bosses

Royal Mail investors to meet union bosses: Attempts to negotiate end to bitter industrial dispute that has paralysed business By Calum Muirhead For The Daily Ma... read more

MARKET REPORT: Footsie record-breaking bid knocked off course

The FTSE 100 missed the opportunity to reclaim its all-time high this week after turbulent trading and rocky results scuppered hopes.  The large-cap index gain... read more

UK consumer confidence drops to near-historic lows

UK consumer confidence drops to near-historic lows amid double-digit inflation and soaring energy prices GfK’s monthly Consumer Confidence Index fell by 4... read more

Do High St banks have a social responsibility? Strictly Business debate

More than a dozen years on, the UK banks have still not recovered from the financial crisis, let alone Covid – and their customers and shareholders are pa... read more

Tesla owners who missed price cuts by days won’t be compensated

Tesla owners who saw the price of their expensive electric cars slashed by up to £9,000 just days after taking delivery will not be compensated. An email seen ... read more

The Works shares dive as half-year losses climb more than tenfold

Retailer The Works sees shares dive as half-year losses climb more than tenfold amid surging wage costs The Works said losses for the six months ending 30 Octob... read more

Nationwide and Halifax cut mortgage interest rates by up to 0.2%

Nationwide and Halifax CUT mortgage interest rates: Is this the start of a ‘price war’ and will costs for borrowers continue to fall? Nationwide has... read more

You CAN get a better savings interest rate from your high street bank – here’s how

When it comes to savings rates, the big banks have been well and truly shamed by their smaller competitors this year. The gap between top savings rates of high ... read more

Cheap DIY home insulation: How to make your home warmer on a budget

UK residents live in some of the oldest, coldest, least-insulated properties in the whole world – and it’s costing us hundreds of pounds a year on o... read more

As the FTSE 100 nears record high, what does it mean for investors?

In isolation the FTSE 100’s performance last year might have disappointed investors given it ended the year where it started. But in the face of global volati... read more

Interest-only mortgages can reduce monthly payments – but what are the risks?

More than 1.4 million people face remortgaging to a much higher rate this year, as fixed deals locked in during periods of record-low interest come to an end. A... read more